Even a small man can cast a great shadow.

People who grew up with typewriters or ink and parchment don’t know the absolute joy of waiting until your paper is fully written, THEN setting the paper to double spaced.

How Much Would it Cost to build the Death Star? Oh, and the cost of the steel alone? At 2012 prices, about $8,100,000,000,000,000. Or roughly 13,000 times the worlds GDP. But then again, you can just take out a loan from the entire planet and then default on them in the most awesome way possible. [...]

The song should be retired after Prince’s performance.  

Viacom deal brings MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon shows to Amazon Prime by By Katie Marsal I am a big fan of the Netflix streaming model even if Amazon is the ones who win in the end. Amazon has always made a killing off of low margins and high volumes so Netflix better watch out. As an [...]

It is hilarious watching Groupon implode, one quarter at a time.   

Court: Calif. ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional “Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples,” said Judge Stephen Reinhardt in the majority opinion. [...]

Why I am an atheist by Gina Trapani Raised in a traditional Roman Catholic household, on the best days my religion bored me, on the worst, it made me feel like a terrible sinner. Every day, its contradictions and lack of logic troubled me. I felt no connection or appreciation for the culture or community [...]

George Pelecanos of ‘The Wire’ and ‘Treme’ fame just finished up a ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Reddit. I suggest you check it out.